Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
what have I here--that is, what am I called on to do? The fact "that My people is taken away (into captivity; Isaiah 49:24-25) for naught" (by gratuitous oppression, Isaiah 52:4; also Isaiah 52:3, and see on Isaiah 52:3) demands My interposition.
they that rule--or "tyrannize," namely, Babylon, literal and mystical.
make . . . to howl--or, raise a cry of exultation over them [MAURER].
blasphemed--namely, in Babylon: God's reason for delivering His people, not their goodness, but for the sake of His holy name (Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 52:4
Ezekiel 36:20
Romans 2:24
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